*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives] has state and county records, land, probate, vital records, &amp; indexes since 1634.

*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives] has state and county records, land, probate, vital records, &amp; indexes since 1634.

*3/4 colonists [[Maryland Emigration and Immigration|arrived]] in bondage as a slave, convict, or indentured servant<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham published a series of books indexing British court records to help find indentured servants, and convicts transported to America. His immigrants in bondage series is indexed at Ancestry.com. Maryland court records may show releases from indenture, convict sentences, or slave manumissions. Some counties have slave registers, and deeds may show slaves sold. Wills (probate records) may also show slave names. Plantation records sometimes list slaves.</ref>

*3/4 colonists [[Maryland Emigration and Immigration|arrived]] in bondage as a slave, convict, or indentured servant<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham published a series of books indexing British court records to help find indentured servants, and convicts transported to America. His immigrants in bondage series is indexed at Ancestry.com. Maryland court records may show releases from indenture, convict sentences, or slave manumissions. Some counties have slave registers, and deeds may show slaves sold. Wills (probate records) may also show slave names. Plantation records sometimes list slaves.</ref>

*Want to locate an historic place in Maryland such as learning which county a town was in? Fisher's 1852 ''Gazetteer of the State of Maryland'' is on [http://books.google.com/books?id=_XgFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=maryland+gazetteers&ei=xC56SYqkNoPKkQSXx8W8Bg#PPA1,M1 Google Books].

*Want to locate an historic place in Maryland such as learning which county a town was in? Fisher's 1852 ''Gazetteer of the State of Maryland'' is on [http://books.google.com/books?id=_XgFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=maryland+gazetteers&ei=xC56SYqkNoPKkQSXx8W8Bg#PPA1,M1 Google Books].

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*The websites of any Maryland county association (such as a county genealogical society) are listed on the county pages linked above.

*The websites of any Maryland county association (such as a county genealogical society) are listed on the county pages linked above.

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↑Peter Wilson Coldham published a series of books indexing British court records to help find indentured servants, and convicts transported to America. His immigrants in bondage series is indexed at Ancestry.com. Maryland court records may show releases from indenture, convict sentences, or slave manumissions. Some counties have slave registers, and deeds may show slaves sold. Wills (probate records) may also show slave names. Plantation records sometimes list slaves.